Dosher Memorial Hospital 924 N. Howe St. Southport, NC 28461 910-457-3800 For interactive driving directions, please click the map below. Dosher Memorial Hospital, a 100-bed community hospital with 36 licensed acute (inpatient) beds and 64 licensed skilled nursing center beds. Named after its chief surgeon Dr. Julius Arthur Dosher, the people of Smithville Township voted to pay a minimal hospital tax to ensure access to quality health care locally. Approximately one mile from the Cape Fear, the hospital is located in the coastal historic town of Southport, N.C. in Brunswick County.  The hospital is overseen by a publicly-elected Board of Trustees and generously supported by a volunteer force of nearly 200, making Dosher Hospital unique in the state of North Carolina. The Year 2005 marked the hospital's 75th year of community health care.  Copyright 2007 Dosher Hospital  |  Wilmington Web Design by Port City Digital